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A glimpse of healthcare under President Barack Obama.

Posted by Cassy Fiano · Published: June 21, 2008 · Comments (28)

One of the truly frightening things about this upcoming election is that if the worst happens, then Democrats will have complete control over Washington -- and our lives. We'll be thrown headfirst into a complete nanny state whether we like it or not, with high taxes, skyrocketing gas prices, and... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.1/5 (18 votes cast)

Q: What do you call 25 skydiving plaintiffs' lawyers?

Posted by Jayson Javitz · Published: May 13, 2008 · Comments (4)

A: Skeet. Okay, how about this one: Q: How many plaintiffs' lawyers does it take to change a lightbulb? A: Three. One to climb the ladder. One to shake it. One to sue the ladder company. * * * Speaking of lawyers and tort lawsuits: Bush administration crafts rules to... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (9 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 24, 2008 · Comments (9)

Today's winner is British Health Secretary Alan Johnson. He gets the award for the following. Although the government is reluctant to discuss the issue, hopscotching back and forth between private and public care has long been standard here for those who can afford it. But a few recent cases have... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (13 votes cast)

Hillary Clinton's Marxist Health Care Plan

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: February 3, 2008 · Comments (26)

The embodiment of the Marxist ideology is the phrase "from each according to his abilities; to each according to his needs." This described Hillary Clinton's universal health care plan perfectly. If someone has the ability to pay for his own health coverage but doesn't want to, she has no problem... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (18 votes cast)

Vast Right Wing Conspiracy

Posted by Jayson Javitz · Published: January 29, 2008 · Comments (1)

A state senate committee on Monday voted to kill a closely-watched bill that would have provided public-money health insurance to millions of state residents at an estimated cost of more than $14 billion. Texas? Nope. California. Go figure. Bush and Cheney must be using their mind-control powers. * * *... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (8 votes cast)

Globe Writer Gets A Little Testy About Insurance

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: January 21, 2008 · Comments (12)

I like Mitt Romney. I respect his achievements. I can even understand why he signed off on Massachusetts' universal health insurance plan -- it was a steamroller, being pushed hard by the 85%-Democratic legislature, and Romney had the choice of getting on board or getting flattened. But I will never... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (24 votes cast)

Huckabee favored AIDS quarantine

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 8, 2007 · Comments (17)

When running for Senate in 1992, Mike Huckabee answered a questionnaire from the AP. Among his answers, he proposed "isolating the carriers" of AIDS. Andrew DeMillo reports for the Associated Press: Mike Huckabee once advocated isolating AIDS patients from the general public, opposed increased federal funding in the search for... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (15 votes cast)

Next "Endangered Species": Crab lice?

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: October 22, 2007 · Comments (13)

A Dutch museum is appealing for donations: they need crab lice - or at least one louse. No questions asked . . . and they are afraid for the species, reports Toby Sterling for the Associated Press : A Dutch museum said Friday it is having trouble getting its hands... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (10 votes cast)

The Real War on Children

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: October 20, 2007 · Comments (16)

Mark Steyn has a brilliant piece today that outlines exactly why it was necessary to uphold the veto on the SCHIP bill. He sums up the entire reason in the last two paragraphs: I'm in favor of tax credits for child health care, and Health Savings Accounts for adults, and... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.6/5 (42 votes cast)

STD's Soar in California because of Pro-Sex, Anti-Abstinence Programs

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: October 19, 2007 · Comments (46)

And liberals insist that comprehensive sexual education, which includes access to condoms and the morning after pill and not abstinence programs, would protect kids from sexually transmitted diseases: According to a study published last month in the Californian Journal of Health Promotion, there were 1.1 million new cases of sexually... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.8/5 (21 votes cast)

House Fails to Override SCHIP Veto

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: October 18, 2007 · Comments (29)

Common sense prevailed in the House as Republicans stuck together and supported Bush's SCHIP expansion veto, but not before lunatic Democratic Representative Peter Stark made the shockingly vile statement that America's troops are in Iraq getting their heads blown off "for the President's amusement": Democratic Rep. Pete Stark launched a... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (24 votes cast)

Republicans Offer SCHIP Proposal of Their Own

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: October 18, 2007 · Comments (20)

It makes much better sense than the Democrats' "let government pay for it all" solution. Rob Bluey has the details: As Democrats stage the ultimate political stunt Thursday with an override vote of President Bush's SCHIP veto, Republicans are actually planning to do something about saving the children's health care... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.3/5 (19 votes cast)

The Joys of Socialized Medicine

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: October 17, 2007 · Comments (25)

If Hillary gets her way with her big government solution to health care, then American fathers could experience this as well. A mom-to-be in Britain was turned away twice from her NHS hospital when she was experiencing serious contractions because the hospital was too full, so dad had to deliver... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.1/5 (33 votes cast)

Note to Democrats: Your Push to Expand SCHIP is a Loser

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: October 15, 2007 · Comments (15)

According to a USA Today/Gallup poll, the majority of Americans polled support President Bush's veto of the SCHIP expansion because they believe it should be a program that is focused on the poor. From USA Today: •A slim majority, 52%, agreed with Bush that most benefits should go to children... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.7/5 (53 votes cast)

Who Should Qualify for Government Funded Health Care?

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: October 12, 2007 · Comments (51)

On Sunday, I wrote a post about the Frost family, whose son, Graeme, gave the Democratic radio address to implore President Bush to not veto the new SCHIP bill, which expanded coverage of government funded health care by $35 billion. Graeme was chosen to give the address because he and... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.3/5 (18 votes cast)

Canada's Socialized Medical System Hits Even More Snags

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: October 11, 2007 · Comments (86)

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the Jepp family who had to be flown from their home in Calgary to Great Falls, Montana, to give birth to their quads because not one neonatal unit in all of Canada could accommodate them at one time. In that post I linked... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (31 votes cast)

The Not So Poor Voice of SCHIP

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: October 7, 2007 · Comments (74)

On September 29th, 12 year old Graeme Frost of Maryland got to do the Democrats' radio address, in which he told his story of how he and his sister were seriously injured in a car accident, and if it hadn't been for SCHIP, they wouldn't be here today. So who... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.1/5 (29 votes cast)

1993 Internal White House Staff Memo Confirms GOP Suspicions About SCHIP

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: October 2, 2007 · Comments (18)

Many in the GOP have argued that the State Children's Health Insurance Program as nothing more than a slippery slope to universal health care. Today we get confirmation of that concern. The Politico reports on a 1993 White House staff memo that says then-first lady Hillary Clinton wanted a kids... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.7/5 (71 votes cast)

What The Hell Took So Long?

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: September 17, 2007 · Comments (8)

There's a story in today's Boston Globe that really set off my "well, duh!" muscles -- and not in the usual way. It seems that hospitals are, by and large, not going to charge people for their screwups. There is a category of medical mishaps that are called "never events"... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.8/5 (22 votes cast)

...And This Is What We Want Here?

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: September 16, 2007 · Comments (36)

Whenever the subject of health care in the United States comes up, a lot of people talk about the "health care crisis" and the need to move towards a single-payer, government-run system. The first part of that is a crock. We have no health care crisis in the United States.... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (24 votes cast)

Mother Gives Birth to Very Rare Identical Quadruplets

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: August 19, 2007 · Comments (33)

Amazingly, the quads were conceived naturally, odds of 1 in 13 million. However, even more shocking is that the mom, who's Canadian, had to give birth in Montana because not one neonatal unit in any Canadian hospital had the room to handle identical quadruplets. However, Benefis Hospital in Great Falls,... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (20 votes cast)

UK Hospitals Plagued with Filthy Kitchens

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: August 12, 2007 · Comments (27)

Eew. A searing indictment of the cleanliness of hospital kitchens is revealed today in research showing that almost half are plagued by vermin, risk infections by storing food incorrectly or employ staff with poor personal hygiene. Official inspection reports reveal that breaches of food hygiene laws include infestations of mice... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (20 votes cast)

In Sickness And In Hell, Part II

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 31, 2007 · Comments (80)

My apologies for the delay in this piece; I was rather delightfully distracted online last night. So, we've established that our health care system works pretty damned well, but the way we pay for it is seriously bollixed. Just what the hell should we do about it? Well, I am... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (19 votes cast)

Another Canadian Speaks Against Health Care System, Moore

Posted by Paul · Published: July 30, 2007 · Comments (107)

Another day another Canadian telling the truth about the failing heath care system in their home country. I clipped a longish bit, but it is worth the read: 'Sicko' slant irksome even in Canada By SALLY C. PIPES The Providence Journal In his new movie "Sicko," Michael Moore uses a... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (41 votes cast)

In Sickness And In Hell, Part I

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 30, 2007 · Comments (88)

Well, as the political season moves on, we find that once again the notion of "health care reform" is rearing its ugly head yet again. I'm no expert, but I have a few observations and opinions. The first is that we don't have a health care crisis in this country.... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (31 votes cast)

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